When machine-to-machine (M2M) devices attach to a mobile communication network, the associated communication session can be treated differently than the attachment of other devices. For example, upon determining that a subscriber device that attaches to a communication network is an M2M device and has completed a given network transaction, the M2M device can be immediately detached without waiting on expiration of an inactivity timer. As another example, upon determining that a subscriber device that attaches to a communication network is an M2M device, the M2M device can be excluded from various signaling procedures such as load-balancing procedures.
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1. A machine-to-machine device, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: transmitting, to an access point device, a request to attach to the access point device; performing a communication procedure that communicates machine data between the access point device and the machine-to-machine device; and in response to a determination that the machine data has been communicated, transmitting, to the access point device, a detach signal that indicates the machine-to-machine device is to be detached from the access point device independently of an inactivity timer that effectuates detaching when the inactivity timer has reached a threshold time, wherein the detach signal comprises an instruction to purge state data independently of the inactivity timer, and wherein the state data is indicative of a state of the machine-to-machine device that is tracked by the access point device.
2. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to a network device, an instruction to purge state data independently of the inactivity timer, and wherein the state data is indicative of a state of the machine-to-machine device that is tracked by the network device.
3. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the request to attach is in accordance with a defined schedule that specifies a time to perform the communication procedure.
4. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein a size of the machine data communicated between the access point device and the machine-to-machine device is determined a priori.
5. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to the access point device, identifier data that identifies the machine-to-machine device as a machine-to-machine type.
6. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: receiving, from the access point device, a network signaling request to participate in a network signaling procedure; and declining participation in the network signaling procedure.
7. The machine-to-machine device of claim 6 , wherein the network signaling procedure is directed to measurement and reporting associated with a load-balancing procedure.
8. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to the access point device, an exemption signal that indicates the machine-to-machine device is to be exempt from a network signaling procedure.
9. The machine-to-machine device of claim 1 , wherein operation of the machine-to-machine device conforms to a 5G specification of third generation partnership project.
10. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: transmitting, to an access point device, a request to attach a subscriber device to the access point device, wherein the transmitting the request to attach is in accordance with a defined schedule that specifies a time to perform a communication procedure; performing the communication procedure that communicates machine data between the access point device and the subscriber device; and in response to a determination that the communication procedure has completed, transmitting a detach signal that indicates the subscriber device is to be detached from the access point device independently of an inactivity timer that effectuates detaching once the inactivity timer has reached a threshold time.
11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting an instruction to purge state data independently of the inactivity timer, and wherein the state data is indicative of a state of the subscriber device that is tracked by the access point device.
12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a first instruction that the access point device is to forward to a network device a second instruction to purge state data independently of the inactivity timer, and wherein the state data is indicative of a state of the subscriber device that is tracked by the network device.
13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein a size of the machine data communicated between the access point device and the subscriber device is determined a priori.
14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to the access point device, identifier data that identifies the subscriber device as a machine-to-machine device type.
15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to the access point device, an exemption signal that indicates the subscriber device is to be exempt from a network signaling procedure.
16. A method, comprising: attaching, by a subscriber device comprising a processor, to an access point device; performing, by the subscriber device, a communication procedure that communicates machine data between the access point device and the subscriber device wherein a size of the machine data communicated between the access point device and the subscriber device is determined a priori; and in response to a determination that the communication procedure has completed, facilitating, by the subscriber device, transmitting a detach signal that indicates the subscriber device is to be detached from the access point device independently of an inactivity timer that effectuates detaching in response to the inactivity timer having reached a threshold time.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising facilitating, by the subscriber device, transmitting identifier data that identifies the subscriber device as a machine-to-machine device type.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising facilitating, by the subscriber device, transmitting a first instruction that the access point device is to forward to a network device a second instruction to purge state data independently of the inactivity timer, wherein the state data is indicative of a state of the subscriber device that is tracked by the network device.
19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the attaching to the access point device is in accordance with a defined schedule that specifies a time to perform the communication procedure.
20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising transmitting, by the device, an exemption signal that indicates the subscriber device is to be exempt from a network signaling procedure.
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February 20, 2018
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